Abdul rahim wardak biography template

Afghan politician

GeneralAbdul Rahim Wardak (; Pashto/Dari: عبدالرحیم وردک; born ) is an Afghan politician and former Defense Minister of Afghanistan. He was appointed on December 23, , by Afghan PresidentHamid Karzai.^[1] Before this appointment, Wardak was the deputy Defense Minister to the former minister, Mohammed Fahim.

During the s Soviet–Afghan War, Wardak had been a national Mujahideen resistance leader who fought the Soviet forces. He is an ethnic Pashtun from the Wardak province. His diplomacy has been instrumental in promoting ethnic reconciliation due to his lineage from tribal chieftains with strong Pashtun relationships with all ethnic groups of the country.

By Afghan Minister of Defence, Abdul Rahim Wardak - NATO

He is fluent in Pashto, Dari (Persian), and English.

General Wardak has testified in front of the U.S. Congress, on how to stabilize the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. He met with Richard Holbrooke in , the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan,^[2] to discuss sec